[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello all :-> and I would like to thank you for freely > giving so much information on this list in such a congenial manner, for > First, which produces the best sound for an awe32 PnP (CT 1920) > upgrade card the OSS driver or awedrv? I have installed OSS and upgraded > to the latest free version and all is well. But I'm wondering if I > should go ahead and burn the $20 for the commercial version or install > support for the card in the kernel with awedrv, ISA PnP tools, and the > other utilities. I'm mainly concerned with sound quality not > installation. I have the conventional awe32 setup going, and I know that you can load soundfont banks with the sfxload utility. If you can find the synthgm.sf2 files that appeal to your ear, they work. I have always been tempted to spend the $20 for OSS, just for the time savings when new kernels come along. I guess you could check the OSS website and look to see if they support loadable soundfont banks. Otherwise, I don't think there is much difference in sound quality. Investing in a good amplifier and a big set of woofers, tweaters, mid-range speakers, and crossovers will do more to give you pleasant listening. Another reason to choose OSS, is that some of the audio software out there requires that you use OSS. I think you can have both at the same time. If you have the conventional setup, you can reaname the sound module to a different name then install OSS and use "soundon" instead of "insmod sound". You can disable OSS, and put the sound module back if you want. - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
